Q: Is 164,346,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 164,346,560 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 164,346,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 64 70 80 112 140 160 224 280 320 448 560 1,120 2,240 73,369 146,738 293,476 366,845 513,583 586,952 733,690 1,027,166 1,173,904 1,467,380 2,054,332 2,347,808 2,567,915 2,934,760 4,108,664 4,695,616 5,135,830 5,869,520 8,217,328 10,271,660 11,739,040 16,434,656 20,543,320 23,478,080 32,869,312 41,086,640 82,173,280 and 164,346,560, with no remainder.

Since 164,346,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 164,346,560, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).